CLIFTON, Max
| Service Number: | 829 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Bergholt, Suffolk, England., 1894 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | East Bergholt, |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Peronne, France, 9 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Grave VII. C. 6. INSCRIPTION AT REST A YOUNG LIFE NOBLY ENDED , Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 829, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 829, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 829, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 829 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-04-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1894 Clifton Max Samford 4a 803
20th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Enlistment date 21 March 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Age at embarkation 20
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/1
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Sergeant Clifton was 23 and the son of Charles and Susan Clifton; husband of Margaret Ann Clifton, of "Canberra," Moore St., Campsie, New South Wales.
He is honoured on the war memorial in the Church of St Mary the Virgin at East Bergholt, a village in the Babergh District of Suffolk, England, just north of the Essex border.
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